Video: WARRANT Performs 'Cherry Pie' At HEAVY MONTREAL Festival

August 10, 2015

Fan-filmed video footage of WARRANT's August 9 performance at the Heavy Montreal festival in Montreal, Quebec, Canada can be seen below.

WARRANT guitarist Erik Turner recently told rock journalist Mitch Lafon about the progress of the songwriting sessions for the band's follow-up to the 2011 album "Rockaholic": "There's a lot of riffs, a lot of laying down ideas on our home studios. I think Robert's [Mason, vocals] actually put vocals on a couple of demos — at least one that I've heard, maybe two. But it's a slow go with us when it comes to writing. We're really great at getting out on the road and touring and playing live. And we love all that stuff. I think it might be the challenge that we live in three different states, it might be the challenge that we play live so often that we don't have time to make a record. But there's definitely a lot of songs, ideas going around. There's a second option on Frontiers Records for us to do another CD, so there's a budget there when we're finally ready. But we're slowly but surely moving towards new music in the future — very slowly."

Asked if it still makes sense for a band like WARRANT to make a new studio album as opposed to just continuing to perform live, Turner said: "I think it does make sense to do it — not because, 'oh, we're gonna have a gold record and make a bunch of money.' It makes sense just in keeping the band in a more… I don't know what the word is I'm looking for. It's a marketing tool… Yeah, a new CD would be a great marketing tool, story to talk about WARRANT and keep our name out there. And, of course, we love making new music. We had a blast when we finally made 'Rockaholic'; it was a great experience, and we're really proud of that CD. As far as musically being satisfied, Jerry [Dixon, bass] and I started a company called Down Boys Music and we have a group of composers. Of course, Jerry is one of the composers, as well as I, and we're writing constantly and recording constantly for different television programs. So we're getting to play our guitars and create music weekly. And hearing them on different TV shows is gratifying as well. So, as far as playing and keeping our chops up, we're constantly … Between touring and writing and recording at home for television, [we're always doing something]."

At the helm for "Rockaholic" was mega-producer Keith Olsen (OZZY OSBOURNE, WHITESNAKE, SCORPIONS),while the mixing duties were handled by Pat Regan (KISS, DEEP PURPLE, TED NUGENT).

Former WARRANT singer Jani Lane suffered from "acute ethanol poisoning" when he died in August 2011 at a Comfort Inn motel room in Woodland Hills, California. The singer had battled alcoholism for years and also had a history of alcohol-related arrests.

Lane originally left WARRANT in March 1993 but rejoined the band in September 1994. The group went on to record the "Ultraphobic" (1995),"Belly To Belly" (1996) and "Greatest & Latest" (1999) albums and issued and collection of covers, "Under The Influence", in 2001. Jani quit WARRANT again in 2004 before reuniting with the group four years later.

Find more on Jani lane
  • facebook
  • twitter
  • reddit
  • email

Comments Disclaimer And Information

BLABBERMOUTH.NET uses the Facebook Comments plugin to let people comment on content on the site using their Facebook account. The comments reside on Facebook servers and are not stored on BLABBERMOUTH.NET. To comment on a BLABBERMOUTH.NET story or review, you must be logged in to an active personal account on Facebook. Once you're logged in, you will be able to comment. User comments or postings do not reflect the viewpoint of BLABBERMOUTH.NET and BLABBERMOUTH.NET does not endorse, or guarantee the accuracy of, any user comment. To report spam or any abusive, obscene, defamatory, racist, homophobic or threatening comments, or anything that may violate any applicable laws, use the "Report to Facebook" and "Mark as spam" links that appear next to the comments themselves. To do so, click the downward arrow on the top-right corner of the Facebook comment (the arrow is invisible until you roll over it) and select the appropriate action. You can also send an e-mail to blabbermouthinbox(@)gmail.com with pertinent details. BLABBERMOUTH.NET reserves the right to "hide" comments that may be considered offensive, illegal or inappropriate and to "ban" users that violate the site's Terms Of Service. Hidden comments will still appear to the user and to the user's Facebook friends. If a new comment is published from a "banned" user or contains a blacklisted word, this comment will automatically have limited visibility (the "banned" user's comments will only be visible to the user and the user's Facebook friends).